Southern California Trip

Aboard the USS IOWA

This year Mr. D and I decided to visit southern California. For the first part of the trip, we stayed with Mr. D’s sister’s family, then we saw a few of our old friends who now live in California, and for the last part we met up with my parents and a few relatives to see a game at the Rose Bowl.

Some food highlights from staying with Mr. D’s sister’s family include doughnuts on the beach, homemade ribs, pizza, and breakfast smoothies. We also had the chance to go to the San Diego Safari Park. Mr. D's nephews loved seeing the animals.

Reading a map at the safari park

Tram ride at the safari zoo

After visiting them, we drove a rental car north to see friends who recently moved to California from our neighborhood in Issaquah. Our friend happens to be our hair stylist (who we haven’t been able to replace) and she offered to cut both Mr. D's hair and my hair.

While spending time with them, we took a ride in their 1966 Ford mustang convertible and went to the beach together.

We also got to visit with one of my old friends from a summer internship. We’re looking forward to his wedding in a few months.

When my family got into to town we decided to spend a morning riding bikes along the beach. We managed to get a selfie of us on the beach cruisers.

Beach Selfie

Some touristy adventures include visiting the USS IOWA, the Aquarium of the Pacific, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Paramount Studios.

USS IOWA

The cannons shoot projectiles as tall as David weighing 2700 lbs

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Paramont Studios

Forest Gump bench

We culminated our trip with the BYU v UCLA game at the Rose Bowl. We did end up loosing by a point, but it was still a very exciting game.

After BYU's first touchdown of the game

Beach

Beach sunset